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Vancouver's AniRevo to Host Voice Actors Katsuyuki Konishi, Shizuka Itou
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Vancouver convention AniRevo announced on Wednesday that it will host Japanese voice actors Katsuyuki Konishi and Shizuka Itou at this year's summer event.
Konishi had his major voice acting debut in the GaoGaiGar: King of the Braves 1997 anime series, voicing the character VolFogg. Since then, he has voiced roles in such anime as Dai-Guard (Hirotaka Ijyuin), Ceres, Celestial Legend (Tooya), Rune Soldier (Louie), Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver (Garyuun), Shaman King (Amidamaru), Samurai Deeper Kyo (Kyoushirou Mibu), Gokusen (Shinohara), Loveless (Agatsuma Soubi), Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor (Agito Makishima), Gunparade Orchestra (Shion Ryuuzouji), D.Gray-man (Komui Lee), Gurren Lagann (Kamina), Gundam 00 (Johann Trinity), Macross Frontier (Ozma Lee), Hetalia - Axis Powers (America; Canada), and Fairy Tail (Luxus Dreher).
Itou made her major voice acting debut in the Texhnolyze 2003 anime series, voicing the character Ran. Since then, she has voiced roles in such anime as Tsukihime (Akiha Tohno), Maria Watches Over Us (Rei Hasekura), Starship Operators (Sinon Kouzuki), Shakugan no Shana (Wirhelmina Carmel), ToHeart2 (Tamaki Kousaka), xxxHOLiC (Himawari Kunogi), Negima!? (Misa Kakizaki), ef: a tale of melodies (Nagi Hirono), Amagami SS (Haruka Morishima), High School DxD (Akeno Himejima), Bodacious Space Pirates (Misa Grandwood), Jormungand (Koko Hekmatyar), Psycho-Pass (Yayoi Kunizuka), Sailor Moon Crystal (Minako Aino/Sailor Venus), Assassination Classroom (Irina Jelavic), Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (Luviagelita Edelfelt), and Knight's & Magic (Hellvy Oberi).
This year's summer event will take place at the Vancouver Convention Centre West Building in Vancouver, Canada on August 4-6. The event will also host voice actresses Kana Ueda and Emiri Katō, and sound director Takeshi Takadera.
